Sinn Fein's Sean Crowe has described Bobby Molloy's admission
that he made an improper approach to a judge in a rape case on
behalf of a relation of the accused as ``showing an incredible
lack of judgement for a government minister''.

Cllr. Crowe said:

``After all that has happened since the Sheedy Affair, Bobby
Molloy's approach to the Judge in this rape case shows an
incredible lack of judgement. It is inconceivable that someone
holding a ministry in government could not have known that this
approach was improper.

``Indeed after the Sheedy affair the PDs took the moral high
ground in pursuing Hugh O'Flaherty and in their attacks on their
government partners over their handling of it. That campaign
looks very hollow now that one of Mary Harney's lieutenants would
appear to have being engaging in the same type of activity as
Judge O'Flaherty.

``Bobby Molloy needs to give serious consideration to his future
as a minister in this Fianna Fáil led government.''